Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr. and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961Routledge, 2019 M09 30 - 304 páginas Entrepreneurs play a central role in economic growth and development, but how they do so is the subject of considerable debate. This book explains that process through an historical case study of an automobile insurance entrepreneur, Samuel P. Black, Jr., and Erie Insurance, the company he helped build. It also recounts the largely untold history of American automobile insurance. |
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... industry's fundamental principles is necessary in order for the reader to make some sense of what insurance companies do and how they function . Automobile insurance , as with many other service industries , is tightly intertwined with ...
... insurance companies), Black created new and different types of policies that combined fire, theft, property damage and liability coverages. At the same time, the company's reciprocal form kept the cost of these policies down. These ...
... insurance industry was fragmented into a number of different " lines " or types of insurance — fire , life , marine , casu- alty , and surety . Insurance companies were , for the most part , restricted by law and custom to selling a ...
... industry they discuss . 7 The corporate histories are limited in number and vary greatly in qual- ity . Most of them have been written at the behest of insurance companies . Even the best in this group tend to suffer from a ...
... insurance companies ) , Black created new and different types of policies that combined fire , theft , property damage and liability coverages . At the same time , the company's reciprocal form kept the cost of these policies down ...
Contenido
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Getting Ahead | 59 |
The Romance of Claims | 81 |
Push This Thing Along The Rise of Erie Insurance | 99 |
The Challenge of the Depression | 127 |
Adversity and Innovation | 163 |
Sales World War II and Managing the Northwest Territories | 197 |
Underwriting And Problems of Growth | 231 |
Questions of Strategy and Rewards | 265 |
Epilogue Samuel P Black Jr Entrepreneurship and Erie Insurance 19611997 | 305 |
Bibliography | 319 |
Appendices | 335 |
Index | 349 |
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr ... Samuel Patton Black,John Paul Rossi Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P. Black, Jr ... Samuel P. Black,John Paul Rossi Sin vista previa disponible - 2020 |